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Rise of the Empire era


Lady Zarkan, the time of the Empire's presence in your sector is coming to an end. Owing to the present situation, and your stalwart loyalty to the Empire, I hereby reward you with possession of my pride and joy, the Assassinator, a battlecruiser like no other! Please, keep her safe, don't let the Rebels take her! She will do you proud!
—Octavian Grant to Elizabeth Zarkan during the Imperial retreat following the Battle of Endor

The Assassinator-class battlecruiser (also known as the Assassinator-class Star Dreadnaught or the Star Dreadnaught Assassinator) was a top-secret up-scaled Star Destroyer prototype that was commissioned by the Galactic Empire, specifically by Moff Octavian Grant - overseer of the Sol Sector. She resembled the Allegiance-class battlecruiser, though being slightly shorter.

Moff Grant, a critic of the Death Star project, decided to look for alternatives. His fervent research led to him uncovering highly-classified Separatist research involving rare Agrocite ore, an ore which greatly increased the firepower of turbolasers.

It was during this research on the Separatist experiments with, and limited field usage of, Agrocite - especially a report from the Battle of Khorm in which an Agrocite cannon managed to destroy an entire Venator-class Star Destroyer in a single shot - that he had a moment of inspiration, he would commission a mighty star destroyer making use of Agrocite-upgraded turbolasers to obliterate any foe facing the Empire.

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